saiga
saiga noun: saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
Noun
saiga (plural saigas)
- Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
- Its ʽcore faunaʼ consisted of the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, saiga, muskox and the arctic fox. All except the woolly rhino evolved in the northern Arctic, and all had been evolving for several million years before their modern forms appeared.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 205
- Synonyms:
- saiga antelope, steppe saiga
saiga meaning in Tamil, Assamese, Thai and Vietnamese
saiga in Tamil
- இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்
saiga in Assamese
- antelope
- চাইগা saiga
saiga in Thai
- antelope
- กุย gui
saiga in Vietnamese
- antelope
- linh dương saiga
Synonyms of saiga
- saiga antelope
- steppe saiga
Forms of saiga
| plural | saigas |
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Origin of saiga
Russian сайга́ (sajgá, “saiga”), from Kazakh сайғақ (sayğaq, “saiga”), from Proto-Turkic *saygak (“saiga”).
Phrases with saiga
Words that rhyme with saiga
Questions about saiga
- What does saiga mean?
- Saiga means saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
- What is saiga in Tamil?
- Saiga in Tamil is இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும். See Saiga meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is saiga?
- Saiga is a noun.
- What is the plural of saiga?
- The plural of saiga is saigas.
Words near saiga in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: saiga (page history and authors); saiga (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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